Biography

Craig’s legal practice is informed by his decade-worth of international dispute resolution experience for clients in the oil and gas, renewable energy, mining, infrastructure, transportation, and financial sectors. His experience has included investment treaty, commercial and construction arbitration before institutional and ad hoc international arbitral tribunals; commercial and civil litigation in federal and state courts; foreign judgment and arbitral award enforcement; and other legal issues involving sovereign immunity, sovereign debt recovery, economic sanctions, as well as those arising under public international law, including inter-State dispute settlement, international organizations practice, and international humanitarian and human rights law.

Prior to his legal qualification Craig assisted in the exoneration of a factually innocent defendant from death row. More recently Craig secured the release of an individual following 40+ years of incarceration.

Craig is licensed to practice in Washington, DC, Maryland, New York, and England and Wales. He previously worked in the Washington, DC, Doha and Singapore offices of Patton Boggs, an international law firm, and Allen & Overy, a British firm.

Litigation and Arbitration

• Defending Walmart against copyright infringement claims in a federal jury trial with first chair oral advocacy.

• Defending a European multinational against post-M&A claims in an ICC expedited arbitration.

• Representing a foreign State in parallel investment treaty and contract-based arbitrations.

• Representing petitioners and respondents in arbitral award enforcement actions in federal court.

• Advising a Fortune 500 company on investment treaty claims against two foreign States.

• Representing a US specialized equipment manufacturer in a foreign regulatory audit.

• Defending a specialized engineering contractor in a multiparty arbitration against claims arising out of an infrastructure project.

• Representing a foreign State entity as claimant in an ICC arbitration arising out of a complex infrastructure project.

• Defending a foreign bank in the September 11, 2001 multidistrict litigation.

Public international law

• Advising the Government of Ukraine on international claims and reparations through the International Claims and Reparations Project.

• Advising a foreign State on a pending advisory opinion proceeding.

• Advising a foreign ministry on international law issues and US legal proceedings.

• Advising a foreign government technology agency on compliance with international trade and investment law.

• Advising an NGO on humanitarian and human rights issues in Southeast Asia.

Advisory and other experience

• Advising foreign central banks and sovereign wealth funds on sovereign immunity and asset protection.

• Advising an oil and gas company on its license for an offshore field in politically sensitive environment.

• Conducting multiple large-scale internal investigations for foreign financial institutions concerning sanctions compliance.

Admissions

• District of Columbia

• Maryland

• New York

• England and Wales

• U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

Education

• B.A., University of Maryland, College Park

• J.D., Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law, cum laude

• LL.M., Columbia Law School, James Kent Scholar, Parker School Certificate for Achievement in International and Comparative Law